Siemens SCALANCE up to 4.4 X.509 Certificate certificate validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Siemens SCALANCE up to 4.4. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation results in certificate validation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-44317. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Siemens SCALANCE up to 4.4. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component X.509 Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE XB205-3 (SC, PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB205-3 (ST, PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB205-3LD (SC, PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB208 (E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB208 (PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB213-3 (SC, PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB213-3 (ST, PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB213-3LD (SC, PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB216 (E/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XB216 (PN) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2 (SC) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2 (ST/BFOC) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE (54 V DC) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2G PoE EEC (54 V DC) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2SFP (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2SFP EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G (EIP DEF.) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC206-2SFP G EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208 (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208G (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208G (EIP def.) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208G EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208G PoE (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC208G PoE (54 V DC) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216 (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216-3G PoE (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216-3G PoE (54 V DC) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216-4C (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216-4C G (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216-4C G (EIP Def.) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216-4C G EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC216EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC224 (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC224-4C G (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC224-4C G (EIP Def.) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XC224-4C G EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XF204 (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XF204 DNA (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XF204-2BA (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XF204-2BA DNA (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP208 (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP208 (Ethernet/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP208EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP208PoE EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP216 (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP216 (Ethernet/IP) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP216EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XP216POE EEC (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR324WG (24 x FE, AC 230V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR324WG (24 X FE, DC 24V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR326-2C PoE WG (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR326-2C PoE WG (without UL) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR328-4C WG (24XFE, 4XGE, 24V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR328-4C WG (24xFE, 4xGE,DC24V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR328-4C WG (24xFE,4xGE,AC230V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR328-4C WG (24xFE,4xGE,AC230V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR328-4C WG (28xGE, AC 230V) (All versions < V4.5), SCALANCE XR328-4C WG (28xGE, DC 24V) (All versions < V4.5), SIPLUS NET SCALANCE XC206-2 (All versions < V4.5), SIPLUS NET SCALANCE XC206-2SFP (All versions < V4.5), SIPLUS NET SCALANCE XC208 (All versions < V4.5), SIPLUS NET SCALANCE XC216-4C (All versions < V4.5). Affected products do not properly validate the content of uploaded X509 certificates which could allow an attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary code on the device.

The weakness was disclosed 11/14/2023 as ssa-699386. The advisory is available at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-44317 since 09/28/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Siemens

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• SCALANCE

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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